David Dean

David Dean’s short stories have appeared regularly in ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINE, as well as a number of anthologies, including BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES, since 1990. His stories have been nominated for the Shamus and Barry Awards, and he has won a Derringer and received a Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement in Short Mystery Fiction. “Ibrahim’s Eyes” won the EQMM Readers Award for 2007, as did “The Duelist” for 2019, "Mrs. Hyde" for 2023, and "Shall I Be Mother?" in 2024. His story, “Tomorrow’s Dead”, was a finalist for the Edgar for best short story of 2011. He is a retired Chief of Police in New Jersey and once served as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. His novels, “The Thirteenth Child”, “Starvation Cay", "The Purple Robe”, and "The German Informant", are all available through Amazon, as are his short story collections, "Tomorrow's Dead", "The Wisdom of Serpents" (Winner of the Public Safety Writers Award for Best Short Story Collection 2022), "Her Terrible Beauty", and "Shadow Lane".